Police: Alleged child rapist spotted in Beverly Farms

An accused child rapist who has been on the run since Tuesday was spotted in Beverly Farms on Thursday, police said.

Bobby Gates

An accused child rapist who has been on the run since Tuesday was spotted in Beverly Farms on Thursday, police said.

Anthony Flye, 38, was at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford at about 4 p.m. on March 25 when he told a court security officer he had to go to the bathroom. He was unshackled and while the court officer waited outide the bathroom Flye fled out a second door. He had been taken to the hospital after falling from a second-floor balcony at New Bedford Superior Court.

Police said a Farms resident spotted Flye at about 4 p.m. in the Beverly Farms Square area, at the intersection of West and Hale streets. The resident called police later that night after seeing a picture of Flye on the 11 p.m. news.

Flye was wearing a brown coat, jeans and steel-toed boots when he was seen in Beverly Farms. During a brief conversation with Flye, the caller who spotted him said Flye was delivering cars to Endicott College and mentioned how much more fun Endicott was when it was an all-girls school.

Police said Endicott College campus security is notifying the student body.

Flye was awaiting trial on indecent exposure, child rape and indecent assault and battery on a disabled person when he escaped. He was being held on $500,00 cash bail.

Both a teenage relative and 60-year-old disabled woman who are his alleged victims have been put into protective custody since his escape.

Before being spotted in Beverly, Flye was seen at 1:30 p.m. on March 26 at a YMCA in New Bedford, wearing jeans and a red, hooded sweatshirt under a blue, quilted down jacket, according to a report in the Boston Herald.

If Flye is located, he should be considered dangerous, police said, and Beverly police would like to hear from you at 978-922-1212.